Frequently Asked Transceiver Product Questions

Questions:
  1. I have the following connection PC#1--AUI--MIL10P--UTP--PC#2 It will not work. But if I add a hub in place of the PC#2 it will work. What is wrong?
  2. Why do I see a lot of errors on the monitor port of a 301/302/303X in monitor mode?
  3. Do your transceivers require external power supply?
  4. Are the AUI and MII ports on your transceivers, male or female?
  5. Are any of your transceivers dual-speed, 10/100Mb?

Answers:

I have the following connection PC#1--AUI--MIL10P--UTP--PC#2 It will not work. But if I add a hub in place of the PC#2, it will work. What is wrong?
  • You need a swap cable from MIL-10P to the PC#2(1-3,2-6,3-1,6-2).
Why do I see a lot of errors on the monitor port of a 301/302/303X in monitor mode?
  • Rev A had a design problem. Rev B fixes it.
Do your transceivers require external power supply?
  • All transceivers that use AUI or MII do not require external power supply; but instead, they get power from either the AUI or MII port.
Is the AUI and or MII ports on your transceivers male or female?
  • The AUI and MII ports on all of our tranceivers are male.
Are any of your transceivers dual-speed, 10/100Mb?
  • The only product we have that will do 10/100 is the MIL-100TX UTP transceiver, (fall back to 10 ONLY), because this device plugs into the 10/100 auto-sensing MII port of a switch.